At par with the advancement in medical technology, the ENT department of BAPS Pramukh Swami Hospital uses cutting-edge treatment modalities for ENT related problems. Being totally sensitive towards patient care in rendering careful approach, the team of experts at BAPS Pramukh Swami Hospital provides effective treatments for ENT related disorders.
BAPS Pramukh Swami Hospital strives for providing affordable treatments to the community at the same time upholding critical quality parameters like safety, longevity, and effortless procedures.
Ear Surgery
Tympanoplasty:
The eardrum is repaired with the restoration of the middle ear hearing apparatus under tympanoplasty. This procedure is performed under local anesthesia with general sedation and the patients are later discharged upon gaining full recovery.
Mastoidectomy:
It is a surgical procedure the removes diseased mastoid air cells Cholesteatoma, with or without reconstruction of tympanic membrane and hearing apparatus. Cholesteatoma is a type of skin cyst that commonly occurs due to the complication of chronic ear infection located in the middle ear.
This procedure is performed under local anesthesia with sedation. Many times the surgery extends to 3 hours or more and requires general anesthesia to be administered in case the patient is apprehensive. The patients are generally discharged on the very same day. The patients may occasionally experience vertigo after Mastoidectomy or Ossiculoplasty. The patients are well-informed about the symptoms prior to carrying out the procedure.
Vertigo is a feeling of dizziness or a reeling sensation as if one is about to fall. In this case the patients are kept under observation for an additional day in the hospital. Whereas in the normal course, the patients are advised to follow up after 3 days for routine dressing and 7 days for suture removal. If a patient suffers pain, vertigo or bleeding, the surgeon attends them to relieve the conditions.
Stapedectomy:
The surgery for restoration of hearing in Otosclerosis is termed as Stapedectomy. This procedure is performed under local anesthesia and sedation. Vomiting and post-operative vertigo are the common side effects suffered by patients. The patient should be kept under observation overnight, or until the patient feels better, in the event of vertigo or complicated surgery. Most patients are allowed to go home if in the case travel is short and smooth. It is not advised to travel by air during the immediate post-operative period.
Tympanoplasty and Stapedectomy are only occasionally performed in children. Mastoidectomy is always carried out under general anesthesia and children are usually required to stay overnight.